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16 Sep 2007 Sun 06:44 am |
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Quoting bod: Quoting Müjde: Your word order is correct but be careful on subject-verb relation in Turkish:
Ben dün kek yaptıM.
Sen dün kek yaptıN. |
Is ben/sen needed???
Dün kek yaptım
Dün kek yaptın
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I am sure you know the answer!  Think it simply 
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Also - does the object need a suffix???
Dün keki yaptım
Dün keki yaptın
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If everyone knows which cake it is, it can be used with -i. You may eat the cake together, and she is talking about the cake, then it is "the cake": keki
But generally, delicious cakes are generally not long lived. So, we may miss it 
Actually, "kek yapmak" is something like a routine, te other examples:
spor yapmak: there is no definite sports to do. it is a general saying. that is sport. you don't need -i
maç yapmak: same as sport. The matches come and go. It is a general saying. You don't need to say maçı yapmak for general usage.
çamaşır yıkamak/bulaşık yıkamak: you are talking about washing the dishes/clothes. This is a general statement again. bulaşığı yıkamak can be said for the dishes which you want to express (already known- "the dishes"):
Dünkü bulaşığı yıkarken çok yoruldum
While I was washing the dishes which are from yesterday, I got very tired.
banyo yapmak: again general saying. Not talking about the specific bath process.
yazı yazmak: you write many things, it is a general thing. This is without -i. But maybe you wrote something just a few minutes ago, and you are talking about it. Then, it is definite object: yazıyı yazdım
kitap okumak: same! If it is a general speech, if the books are any books, no matter which is, then we say kitap okumak. If this book about you are talking is a specific, then you need -i: kitabı okumak.
Yarın kitap okuyacağım:
> Tomorrow I will read a book (no matter which book it is.)
Yarın kitabı okuyacağım
> Tomorrow I will read the book (the book we already talked/know.)
So, is it a cake or the cake we know? 
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